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Moythomasia nitida

Actinopteri

Discussion

Also described in Jessen (1968).

Taxonomy
Moythomasia nitida was named by Gross (1953). Its type specimen is UGZG V.31200 a,b, a partial skeleton (Incomplete fish lacking posterior part of body, part and counterpart), and it is a compression fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Moythomasia nitida Gross
1968Moythomasia nitida Jessen
2004Moythomasia nitida Cloutier and Arratia
2015Moythomasia nitida Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950
speciesnitidaGross 1953

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Moythomasia nitida Gross 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: or 382.40000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Moythomasia nitida (197071)